Ximending (Chinese: 西門町; pinyin:
Xīméndīng; Wade–Giles: Hsi-men-ting; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Se-mn̂g-teng; Romaji:
Seimon-chō; sometimes Ximenting) is a neighborhood and shopping district in the
Wanhua District of Taipei, Taiwan. It was the first pedestrian zone in Taiwan.
Ximending has been called the "Harajuku of Taipei"
and the "Shibuya of Taipei". Ximending is the source of Taiwan's
fashion, subculture, and Japanese culture. Ximending is also the main LGBT
district of Taiwan, with a host of gay clubs and pubs surrounding the area.
This area is in the northeastern part of Wanhua District in
Taipei and it is also the most important consumer district in the Western
District of Taipei. The well-known Ximending Pedestrian Area was the first
pedestrian area built in Taipei and is the largest in Taiwan.
The
Ximending Pedestrian Area is named after the administrative division Seimon-chō
(西門町), which existed during Japanese rule, referring to
an area outside the west gate of the city. The area of Seimon-chō included
modern-day Chengdu Road (成都路), Xining South Road (西寧南路), Kunming Street (昆明街), and
Kangding Road (康定路).
However, today the Ximending Pedestrian Area not only
includes Seimon-chō but also Wakatake-chō (若竹町) and
Shinki-chō (新起町). The historical spelling of this area
was Hsimenting, which is based on the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin
Chinese. The use of the character 町 is unusual in a
Chinese context; it is a chō (a part of a ward) in the Japanese municipality
system.
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